![]() on Friday, just as the students were preparing for bed, witnesses told World Politics Review. The attackers allegedly belonged to the Allied Democratic Forces, or ADF, an armed group operating in the eastern region of the Democratic Republic of Congo, just across the border.Ī little more than a week later, shell-shocked residents of Mpondwe are still reeling from the attack, which has also raised complex questions about the assailants’ goals, as well as the domestic implications of Uganda’s cross-border security operations in eastern Congo. ![]() Another five people, including the school security guard, also lost their lives. In the deadliest attack Uganda has suffered in years, assailants murdered 37 students at Lhubiriha Secondary School, in the remote border town of Mpondwe. Many had perished brutally, hacked with machetes and beaten with hammers. MPONDWE, Uganda-The bodies began to at arrive the hospital mortuary at 1 a.m. Click to share on Email (Opens in new window).Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window).Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window).Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window).
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